Fireflies

Lesley's Blog

On a summer night this year I watched the fireflies in the backyard. There were just a few of them flashing points of light, seemingly at random.

At this phase of my life I am once again struggling to find my spiritual path, longing for more "meaning" in my life - whatever that means! I would love it if the Divine Energy would join the computer age and send me a detailed e-mail explaining the missions that I still need to complete and how to go about doing that. But I would settle for some "writing on the wall" in conjunction with a huge search light showing me the exact direction I am to "walk".

It seems though that the help I get is more like the fireflies - a little flash here and a little flash there. Points of light let me know that I am not alone and watching the fireflies reminds that our path is not a straight line. Sometimes the fireflies do not visit my back yard and yet I know that they are still somewhere. They have not disappeared. And so it is with guidance. It is never as complete or definitive as we would like, it comes in flashes and then so often seems to disappear. But faith lets us know that it will return to reassure and lead us once again. I give thanks for that.

So I will do my best to be patient, to follow the flashes leading the way, and to have faith that the light will always be there but maybe not on my timetable.